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Y2K no longer the no.1 challenge for insurers
News This is the key finding of an European insurance sector survey by Datamonitor. Insurers polled in the survey view the year 2000 as an IT issue, whereas the Euro is seen as a both a business and an IT issue.
[February 10, 1999, 14:58]
Y2K legacy creates PC-disposal headache
Talkback Put it another way - the Y2K legacy will create a bonus for cash-strapped businesses, and home users. Go to any computer fair and for £50 you can buy Dell and Compaq systems that were originally bought in 1999.
[June 15, 2004, 23:42]
Y2K legacy creates PC-disposal headache
News Four years on and most of the millennium-proofed PCs drafted in to weather the IT cataclysm-that-never-was are approaching the end of their lives. Worldwide, businesses are set to replace about 220 million PCs by the end of next year - easily...
[May 28, 2004, 16:35]
Y2K bug delays anti-virus system
News Despite strong sales driven by a triple whammy of computer virus outbreaks this spring, PC protection software maker Symantec is debating whether to go ahead with plans to release its next-generation anti-virus solution, the Digital Immune System...
[July 22, 1999, 9:30]
Y2K Mac
Downloads Displays the months, days, hours, minutes, and seconds until the new millenium. Along the way, it identifies critcal dates for Y2K compliance, such as the day many older GPS navigation units may fail.
[June 20, 1999, 8:00]
A Year Ago: FTC opens consumer Y2K scam hotline
News The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday it has created a toll-free hotline for consumers to call with questions about Year 2000 scams. The hotline, at 888-USA-4-Y2K, advises consumers not to give out bank account or credit card numbers over the...
[March 31, 2000, 7:00]
Watch the Y2K bug live across the world
News US based Internet performance monitoring firm, Keynote Sytems, will post up-to-the-minute details of Internet devastation or lack of it, on its Web site at http://www.keynote.com. Information will be based on detailed monitoring of the performance...
[December 30, 1999, 12:19]
Peter Coffee: Forbodings about Y2K weekend
News International Y2K problems won't be The End Of The World As We Know It (TEOTWAWKI, pronounced "Tee-oh-twau-kee"), but on this first day of Winter 1999, I don't find this a comforting assessment, and I don't intend that you should either.
[December 30, 1999, 6:05]
Y2K bug strikes early for credit-card machines
News Thousands of shops have reported problems with credit-card machines that have apparently malfunctioned when attempting to recognise the year 2000, causing chaos in the January sales. Many shops have resorted to using archaic credit-card machines...
[December 29, 1999, 14:54]
US Report: IBM hit with Y2K suit
News IBM Corp.is the latest major company to find itself in the cross hairs of a Y2K liability fight. Oakbrook, Ill.gynecologist Mario C. Yu has filed suit seeking class-action status on behalf of those who bought bundled software and hardware products...
[December 23, 1998, 9:06]
Russian defence system not Y2K compliant?
News According to the report US military analysts fear that Russia's defence system may not be Y2K compliant and warn that it may be in jeopardy. It goes on to say that the Russians have allocated £2.3m for new hardware and software but the testing...
[March 3, 1999, 11:02]
Half drunk employees more worrying than Y2K
News Most British IT managers believe that on millennium morning, half drunk employees will be a much greater threat to their computer infrastructure than any trifling Y2K problem, according to a report commissioned by software company Symantec.
[October 29, 1999, 10:17]
FTC opens consumer Y2K scam hotline
News The hotline, at 888-USA-4-Y2K, advises consumers not to give out bank account or credit card numbers over the phone or online to people saying they need them for Y2K-related purposes. Consumers are also being advised to look out for unauthorised...
[March 31, 1999, 7:28]
Early Y2K bugs aren't all fun and games
News The Y2K-related glitches we've seen so far have ranged from the silly to the scary. In Maine, an inconvenient yet innocuous glitch registered automobiles as horse-less carriages. But in California, a Y2K-test-gone-awry spewed sewage into the streets.
[December 20, 1999, 15:52]
Analysis: New Y2K danger - bug boredom
News Anyone who witnessed the tortuous feat last Sunday that is the London Marathon will have been impressed by not only by the amazing stamina of the runners, but also the fancy dress. Among the 45,000 participants were the Spice Girls, the Incredible...
[April 22, 1999, 13:06]
News Burst: A million jobs at risk as result of Y2K
News According to Action 2000's latest State of the Nation research, 40 percent of firms employing between 20-99 people are putting their businesses and employees at risk by taking little or no action on the bug problem.
[August 3, 1999, 11:05]
Programmer wants Y2K fix payback
News A 49-year-old California computer programmer who patented a widely used Y2K fix is now hoping to get a slice of the estimated $600bn (£372bn) that US businesses have spent fixing the problem. Bruce Dickens, who works for Boeing, developed a very...
[November 11, 1999, 17:18]
Government falls victim to Y2K -- it thinks
News The government admitted to ZDNet UK News Tuesday that it has been the victim of the millennium bug -- although it is still confused about how to recognise exactly what a millennium bug is. The Office of National Statistics confirmed it experienced...
[January 19, 2000, 6:18]
Finjan confirms Y2K virus onslaught
News January 1 could be the launch day for a major virus epidemic according to President and CEO of Finjan Anti-Virus, Bill Lyons. Lyons last week told ZDNet that warnings about the danger of virus attacks designed to coincide with the Y2K bug have by...
[November 8, 1999, 10:10]
Gartner: Y2K security problems could cost billions
News Companies experiencing Year 2000-related computer security glitches are vulnerable to electronic fraud that could cost them billions of dollars, according to a report released by Gartner Group Inc. Friday.
[July 16, 1999, 15:12]
